Commons Chiropractic Center, Michael A Irhin,DC

09/27/2025

✨Far out, doc!✨ Did you know chiropractic care can help reduce pain, boost mobility, and keep your body groovin’? Check out these health benefits that’ll have you saying peace, love & alignment! 🌈
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09/26/2025

The chiropractic adjustment is a procedure in which trained specialists called chiropractors use their hands or a small instrument to apply a controlled force to a spinal joint. The goal of this procedure, also called spinal manipulation, is to improve spinal motion and the body's ability to move...

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09/23/2025

Little-known truth: Your spine is a living, moving protecting your lungs to breathe, or your muscles to move—travels through the spinal cord. When the spin for the most important communication system in your body: the nervous system.

Every message your brain sends—whether it’s telling your heart to beat, e is healthy and aligned, those messages flow clearly. When it’s misaligned, interference can disrupt that flow, affecting how your whole body functions.
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That’s why chiropractic care matters for performance, prevention, and recovery! 🌟

Looking for an amazing chiropractor who understands this near you? Use our Find a Doc feature on our website: www.chiropractic.org/find-a-doc

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09/22/2025

Scientists tracked 324 identical twins for 10 years and uncovered something surprising: the twin with stronger legs had the healthier brain.

Across the decade, the stronger twin showed more grey matter, less brain shrinkage, and sharper memory, even after accounting for genetics, lifestyle, and exercise habits. Leg power outperformed cardio fitness, grip strength, and even self-reported activity as the best predictor of brain protection.

Why the legs? They’re the body’s largest muscles, demanding constant, complex communication with the brain. Every squat, step, or climb activates neural pathways that may help preserve cognitive function as we age.

The finding flips the script: building leg strength isn’t just about mobility — it may be one of the most powerful tools we have to defend against cognitive decline. 🦵🧠✨

09/22/2025

🍁 Raking leaves is a fall tradition… but so is that back twinge reminding you you’re not 18 anymore. 😉 🍂
👉 Chiropractic care helps you handle the season’s to-dos without falling out of alignment.

09/22/2025

More than 80,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2024, with nearly three-quarters involving opioids.

Chiropractic care offers a safe and drug-free way to address pain at its source and support whole-being health.

09/20/2025

Chiropractic care supports the way you move, the way you feel and the way you live. ✨

09/19/2025

Cervicogenic headache is a secondary type of headache resulting from dysfunction in the neck region. Currently, the prevailing theory in research on how this form of headache occurs is that mechanical problems—such as sprains or strains, disc herniations, or degenerative arthritis—irritate one or more of the upper cervical spinal nerves (typically C1–C3), and this irritation can cause referred pain that is perceived in the occipital (back of head), frontal (forehead), temporal (sides), or orbital (eye) regions. It is estimated that...

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Cervicogenic headache is a secondary type of headache resulting from dysfunction in the neck region. Currently, the prevailing theory in research on how this form of headache occurs is that mechanical problems—such as sprains or

09/19/2025

Regular exercise offers significant mental health benefits beyond just physical fitness. It can reduce anxiety, improve mood, and even help with depressive thoughts. This is because physical activity triggers the release of feel-good brain chemicals like endorphins, dopamine, and serotonin.

Over time, this chemical shift helps the brain better handle stress and promotes the growth of new brain cells, making it more resilient. Both cardio and strength training are effective; a brisk 20-30 minute walk can lift your mood for hours, while resistance workouts have been shown to reduce symptoms of depression. The key is to find a form of movement you enjoy and can do consistently, as even low-intensity activities can have a calming effect on the nervous system.

09/19/2025

💡 Health care order matters, man! Chiropractic first to tackle the root cause, drugs second if needed, surgery last. Keep your patients thriving, moving, and living drug-free! 🌿✨

09/18/2025

Studies have found that just one night of sleep deprivation can reduce muscle protein synthesis by 18%, increase cortisol by 21% and drop testosterone by 24%, effectively promoting muscle breakdown, instead of muscle repair and growth.

Lack of sleep creates a stressful state for the body, leading to an overproduction of cortisol, the primary stress hormone.

Cortisol is a catabolic hormone that promotes muscle breakdown. Conversely, testosterone is a key anabolic hormone that promotes muscle growth.

Sleep deprivation disrupts the body’s natural circadian rhythms and hormone secretion patterns, leading to persistently elevated levels of cortisol and reduced levels of testosterone.

Testosterone like other anabolic hormones (like growth hormone and IGF-1) positively regulate muscle protein synthesis by activating the Pl3K/Akt/m/TOR/ pathway.

Cortisol activates pathways that promotes muscle protein degradation, counteracting the effects of anabolic hormones.

The disruption of the hormonal environment and biological rhythms due to poor sleep negatively affects skeletal muscle metabolism, reducing the rates of protein synthesis required for muscle repair and growth.

PMID: 36272396, 33400856